Noticias

Processing tulip bulbs

Processing tulip bulbs

Processing tulip bulbs

  • Fecha del mensaje lunes, 17 de julio de 2017

We are glad to show you some pictures of the harvesting, washing, peeling, grading, quality checking, and counting of tulip bulbs. Our own tulip harvest finished last Friday and the results are rather satisfactory. The harvest was earlier this year compared to normal years due to the warm weather in...

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Lilies from test greenhouse

Lilies from test greenhouse

Lilies from test greenhouse

  • Fecha del mensaje viernes, 30 de junio de 2017

These pictures show the lilies from our test greenhouse that are currently on display at our company. The following varieties can be seen in the pictures: Tabledance, Palazzo, Snowboard, Lesotho, Zambesi, Manissa, Fujian, Profundo, Robina, Serano, Valdosta, Fenice, Fastrada, Double Surprise, Marlon,...

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Lily test greenhouse update

Lily test greenhouse update

Lily test greenhouse update

  • Fecha del mensaje lunes, 29 de mayo de 2017

These pictures show the first colours that are appearing in our lily test greenhouse this year. Yellow Diamond, Corleone, Maldano, Dalian, Zambesi, and Bacardi are some examples of the more than 60 lily varieties of top quality that are currently growing in our greenhouse. We have planted 800 sample...

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95th anniversary visit Keukenhof

95th anniversary visit Keukenhof

95th anniversary visit Keukenhof

  • Fecha del mensaje jueves, 4 de mayo de 2017

We celebrate our 95th anniversary in 2017! We are proud that we have grown into a large flower bulb company in 95 years with export to more than 20 countries, but that we are also still a family company that focuses on long-term relationships with customers, suppliers, and staff. We went to the Keuk...

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Test garden in bloom

Test garden in bloom

Test garden in bloom

  • Fecha del mensaje lunes, 1 de mayo de 2017

Our test garden with more than 400 tulip, hyacinth, narcissus, and allium varieties is in full bloom at the moment. We can enjoy this colourful sea of flowers even longer this year because of the recent cold weather. Our test garden attracts many customers from both the Netherlands and abroad, and o...

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Irrigation

Irrigation

Irrigation

  • Fecha del mensaje miércoles, 12 de abril de 2017

The weather has been dry in our part of the country for quite some time now. This makes most people happy, but the tulips do not like it very much. The tops of the first tulips have been cut off, and therefore they need water now. A reel is used for the irrigation. The tractor rolls out the hose, an...

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Lily test greenhouse 2017

Lily test greenhouse 2017

Lily test greenhouse 2017

  • Fecha del mensaje viernes, 7 de abril de 2017

And in the meantime… While the first tulips are flowering outside, the lilies in our test greenhouse are also growing well. Now that the sun shines on a regular basis, it will not take long before this will be in bloom. When the last tulips are dried out in the field in May, these lilies will flo...

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Tulips under plastic in bloom

Tulips under plastic in bloom

Tulips under plastic in bloom

  • Fecha del mensaje viernes, 31 de marzo de 2017

Now that spring’s warm temperatures have started, the first tulips have started to bloom. The fields in the pictures have been covered with a layer of plastic foil in December. This foil allows the tulips to reach an earlier flowering period, so that the bulbs can be used earlier in the winter. Th...

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Keukenhof 2017 opened

Keukenhof 2017 opened

Keukenhof 2017 opened

  • Fecha del mensaje miércoles, 29 de marzo de 2017

The Keukenhof opened again last week. In 2017, the Keukenhof is open from March 23 up to and including May 21. A new main entrance to the park was put into service this year. We are a regular sender of the Keukenhof, and you can admire our annual submission in the garden next to the Juliana Pavilion...

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Test garden

Test garden

Test garden

  • Fecha del mensaje viernes, 24 de marzo de 2017

The first varieties in our test garden are flowering next to our company at the Westeinde again. At the moment the first daffodils and hyacinths are in bloom. We have substantially expanded our test garden this year. All of our sold varieties as well as a couple of new varieties are planted in the g...

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BKD greenhouse

BKD greenhouse

BKD greenhouse

  • Fecha del mensaje miércoles, 22 de marzo de 2017

Here you can see a few pictures of our tulips in the greenhouse of the Flower Bulb Inspection Service (Dutch: Bloembollenkeuringsdienst; BKD). In this greenhouse, the BKD checks if the quality of the planted bulbs in the fields of the growers matches the certification. The planting material is alrea...

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Selecting tulips

Selecting tulips

Selecting tulips

  • Fecha del mensaje miércoles, 15 de marzo de 2017

The sun is shining, the temperature is rising, and the tulips are emerging from the soil again. Therefore we have started to select the tulips again. In doing so, we drive a truck over the planted beds. Each tulip that deviates from the normal image, mostly caused by a virus, is removed immediately....

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Tulip test greenhouse

Tulip test greenhouse

Tulip test greenhouse

  • Fecha del mensaje viernes, 3 de marzo de 2017

We have been using our tulip test greenhouse for a while now. The planning of the desired flowering date at our customers is synchronised with the growth of our tulips in our own test greenhouse. Each lot is sampled before shipment, and is planted and put in the greenhouse at the same time as it was...

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Trade Exhibition Zwaagdijk 2017

Trade Exhibition Zwaagdijk 2017

Trade Exhibition Zwaagdijk 2017

  • Fecha del mensaje jueves, 16 de febrero de 2017

We are present at the ‘Vaktentoonstelling Zwaagdijk’ (English: Trade Exhibition Zwaagdijk) again this year, and our booth is looking beautiful again. The weather outside is cold and the trees are bare, but colourful flowers are blooming profusely inside. Does this not make you eager for spring? ...

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Samples planted in lily test greenhouse

Samples planted in lily test greenhouse

Samples planted in lily test greenhouse

  • Fecha del mensaje lunes, 13 de febrero de 2017

In addition to the tulip samples, we have also planted more than 800 lily samples in our lily test greenhouse again, which we select from all of the lots that are supplied to our customers. These lots are going to be assessed by our staff in the coming months. We use this data to get to know all of ...

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